If all vehicles had been equipped
with autobrake that worked as well as the systems studied, there would have been at least 700,000 fewer police - reported rear - end crashes in 2013.
The Q70's optional front crash prevention system earns a superior rating in IIHS tests, but the headlights packaged
with the autobrake option only earn marginal.
The analyses show that forward collision warning alone reduces rear - end crashes by 23 percent, while forward collision warning
with autobrake reduces them by 39 percent.
If all vehicles had been equipped
with autobrake, there would have been at least 700,000 fewer police - reported rear - end crashes in 2013.
The Legacy and Outback earn superior ratings for front crash prevention when equipped with EyeSight, their optional forward collision warning system
with autobrake.
The optional Cross Traffic Alert
with autobrake further improves safety for people inside and outside the car.
Cicchino's previous studies found that front crash prevention
with autobrake cuts the rate of front - to - rear crashes in half and that rearview cameras can prevent about 1 in 6 backing crashes.
Collision Warning
with Autobrake is a part of the City Safety system.
In the IIHS 12 mph track test, the Envision
with the autobrake system avoided a collision.
Forward Collision Alert is standard on all 2016 Envisions not equipped
with autobrake but is optional on 2017 models.
Property damage liability claim frequencies for Acura and Mercedes - Benz models were 14 percent lower when equipped with forward collision warning
with autobrake than when they weren't.
Besides the 2013 BMW 3 series, another midsize model advertised
with autobrake also earns a basic rating.
Three models that are available with a forward collision warning system earn higher ratings when they are equipped
with autobrake.
Six models earn an advanced rating when equipped
with autobrake and forward collision warning.
Being a Volvo, the V60 comes with a number of safety and driver assistance systems, including City Safety
with Autobrake.
Twenty - seven percent of 2015 models offer a front crash prevention system
with autobrake, more than twice as many as in the 2012 model year.
Under the IIHS ratings program, a front crash prevention system
with autobrake is one of the criteria required to earn a Top Safety Pick + award.
The ANCAP / Euro NCAP researchers note that an unintended consequence of improved braking could be that vehicles
with autobrake are more often struck in the rear.
Not exact matches
The IIHS» automatic braking evaluations include two tests: one at 12 mph and one at 25 mph, where a car heads towards an obstacle to
with the forward collision warning and / or
autobrake systems turned on.
Find out which vehicles come
with standard or optional forward collision warning,
autobrake, lane departure warning, lane departure prevention, adaptive headlights and blind spot detection.
The
autobrake system is tested at speeds of 12 mph and 25 mph,
with points awarded based on how the speed is reduced in the situation.
This includes the City Safety suite
with front collision warning and full
autobrake in the event of an impending crash.
HLDI predicts that 95 percent of registered vehicles will be equipped
with rear cameras in 2039; rear parking sensors in 2041; forward collision warning, blind spot monitoring and lane departure warning in 2043;
autobrake in 2045 and adaptive headlights sometime after 2050.
Ratings are determined by whether the vehicles have available rear
autobrake and, if so, how it performs in a series of car - to - car and car - to - pole tests
with different approach angles.
The Outback and XT5 earn a superior rating when equipped
with optional rear
autobrake, parking sensors and rear cross-traffic alert.
The Institute rates models
with optional or standard front crash prevention systems as superior, advanced or basic depending on whether they offer autonomous braking, or
autobrake, and, if so, how effective it is in tests at 12 and 25 mph.
Volvo's
autobrake system (an earlier version called Forward Collision Warning
with Auto Brake) also reduced the claim rate 10 percent, but that finding wasn't statistically significant.
Seven earn the highest rating of superior when equipped
with optional
autobrake and forward collision warning systems.
However, vehicles
with forward collision warning alone or low - speed
autobrake had lower rates of being rear - ended than vehicles without.
The tests illustrate what happens in a 25 mph crash when the striking vehicle doesn't have
autobrake, compared
with what happens when
autobrake reduces the speed by 13 mph.
Adaptive cruise worked fine, but I didn't feel like playing chicken
with a wall to test the
autobrake.
Some vehicles advertised as having
autobrake along
with forward collision warning earn only 1 point and a basic rating if the
autobrake fails to slow the vehicle enough to earn points in IIHS tests.
With standard City Safety, which includes pedestrian, cyclist, vehicle and large animal detection with emergency autobrake, the XC40 is one of the best - equipped small premium SUVs on the mar
With standard City Safety, which includes pedestrian, cyclist, vehicle and large animal detection
with emergency autobrake, the XC40 is one of the best - equipped small premium SUVs on the mar
with emergency
autobrake, the XC40 is one of the best - equipped small premium SUVs on the market.
Other safety options include city - friendly
autobrake and lane departure warning, and every 2 Series comes
with run - flat tyres.
Twenty - one award - winning models come
with a standard
autobrake system.
In September, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and IIHS announced an agreement in principle
with automakers to make
autobrake standard on all models.
Likewise, the Tucson's acceptable - rated headlights aren't available on the model
with a superior rating for
autobrake.
An optional driver assistance package provides
autobrake capability at intersections, a system that'll prevent your door from opening if it would come in contact
with a bicyclist and a system that can raise the vehicle when it detects an impending side collision.
For both awards, models must earn good ratings in the small overlap front, moderate overlap front, side, roof strength and head restraint tests, as well as an advanced or superior rating for front crash prevention
with standard or optional
autobrake.
Rear
autobrake bundled
with rear parking sensors and a rearview camera can cut backing crash rates by more than 75 percent, new IIHS research shows.
An exception is Toyota, which has equipped all but a handful of Toyota and Lexus models
with standard
autobrake and other advanced features.
Seven models
with standard
autobrake — the Toyota Camry, Corolla, Prius, Prius Prime and Highlander and the Lexus IS and NX — also have standard acceptable or good headlights and qualify for Top Safety Pick without any added options.
The 2016 winner's circle includes some redesigned models
with improved frontal crash protection and
autobrake features, which help to prevent or mitigate certain frontal crashes.
The Scion iA is rated good in the small overlap front test and is the first low - priced model
with standard
autobrake.
Toyota is an exception, the institute said, having equipped «all but a handful of Toyota and Lexus models
with standard
autobrake and other advanced features.»
The C - Class equipped
with Collision Prevention Assist Plus avoided a collision in both the Low - Speed and High - Speed
Autobrake tests.
Included in our «Ultimate Package» Ioniq Hybrid Limited was the all - important forward collision prevention system
with emergency
autobraking.